Tanie Kitabayashi
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Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Known for
Credits
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
as Granny (voice)
Amagi Pass (1983)
as Tea house's old woman
White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Tane
Station (1981)
as Masayo Mikami
Proof of the Man (1977)
Actor
Rainbow Kids (1991)
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Odd Obsession (1959)
as Hana
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Actor
The Insect Woman (1963)
as Madam
Blind Devotion (1961)
as Saoko
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)
Actor
The Human Bullet (1968)
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Never Give Up (1978)
as Kiyo Matsushita
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
as Grandma Shigeko
The Sun's Burial (1960)
as Chika
My Second Brother (1959)
Actor
Stakeout (1958)
Actor
Buddha (1961)
as Sumi
Scandal (1950)
as Yasu Hiruta
Before Dawn (1953)
as Ofuki
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Torah (voice)
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Old Woman Kane
The Shadow of Fear (1956)
Actor
Suspicion (1982)
as Harue Shirakawa
Rikyu (1989)
as Mother
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
as Otoyo
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
as Mrs. Inokuma
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Actor
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Kinu Takahashi
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
as Moko's mother
Haze of Love (1985)
Actor
Only on Mondays (1964)
as Yuka's mother
Bonchi (1960)
Actor
Summer Storm (1956)
as Mitsu Asai
Writhing Tongue (1980)
as Akira's mother
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
as Oume
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
as Hayashida's mother
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
Actor
River Without a Bridge Part 2 (1970)
Actor
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Actor
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Satoe Miyazaki
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Actor
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Actor
The Incident (1978)
as Kane Shinozaki
Yomigaeri (2003)
as Saki Naito
Bad Girl (1963)
Actor
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Actor
Thousand Cranes (1969)
as Toyo
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
Conflagration (1958)
as Aki, Goichi's mother
The Bitch (1951)
as Tami
White Beast (1950)
Actor
The Third Will (1963)
as Kimie
The Burmese Harp (1985)
as Old Woman
A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
Actor
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
as Shiraki, Teacher
Outlaw (1953)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Actor
The Scarlet Bat (1950)
Actor
Hole in One (1957)
as Suga Akabane
A Chain of Islands (1965)
as Kikuko Sasaki
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
as Ohana
The Wolves (1955)
Actor
Victory or Defeat (1954)
Actor
Dangerous Women (1985)
as Mrs. Kinumura
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
as Tetsu Ishida
Patience Has An End (1971)
Actor
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
as Ichizo's wife
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
as Doctor
Ane to imôto (1965)
as Itoko
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul (1980)
Actor
Actress (1956)
Actor
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
Actor
Koibito (1951)
as Mrs. Saeki
Foundry Town (1962)
as Ume
Apart from Life (1970)
as Matsuko Fukuji
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Actor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
Asu no hanayome (1962)
Actor
The Last Lady (1967)
as Tsuru
A Billionaire (1954)
Actor
A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Actor
The Human Wall (1959)
Actor
Call from Darkness (1981)
as Sukeno
Tomoshibi (1954)
Actor
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Actor
How Sorrowful (1956)
Actor
Ashita au hito (1962)
Actor
Ningen Gari (1962)
Actor
A Woman Called En (1971)
Actor
The Heart (1955)
as Hioki's mother
Yamada Village Waltz (1988)
Actor
Yakuza sensei (1960)
Actor
Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Actor
The Possessed (1976)
Actor
Miniature (1953)
Actor
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Actor
Kobayashi Takiji (1974)
Actor
Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)
Actor
The Young and Bad (1962)
Actor
River Without a Bridge (1969)
Actor
Dolls floating down the river (1962)
as Fuku
Our Teacher (1983)
Actor
Song of Love (1967)
as Orin
Slave Factory (1968)
Actor
Terror in the Streets (1970)
as Shino
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
as Kumi
The Legend of Sayo (1982)
Actor
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972)
Actor
All My Children (1963)
as Fusakichi's mother
Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Actor
限りなき情熱 (1951)
Actor
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
as Fusako Kawai
Marriageable Age (1961)
Actor
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)
as Kane
The Grave Tells All (1960)
Actor
Musume no boken (1958)
Actor
The Motherless (1955)
Actor
The Start of Life (1965)
as Tomi Ishiguro
The Famous Wanderer (1961)
Actor
The Wild Daisy (1977)
as Tamiko's Grandmother
The Long Death (1964)
Actor
Love is Lost (1956)
as Nobuyo
Our Town (1956)
as Otaka
Youth (1955)
Actor
The Sea of Eden (1976)
Actor
Gassan (1979)
Actor
Journey to the North (1967)
as Hana Kanai
My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Actor
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
as Nanny at Okumura's
Sisters (1955)
Actor
Hana no unga (1956)
Actor
Koga Manshion (1949)
Actor
Jigoku no hatoba (1956)
Actor
Become a Mother, Become a Woman (1952)
as Hide
Farewell to Spring (1952)
as Old woman
Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
Actor
Daybreak Chorus (1963)
as Old Woman
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1966)
Actor
Desire (1953)
Actor
The Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
Actor
The Dawn of Judo (1955)
Actor
Welcome, My Baby (1964)
as Yuki Nishizaka
Shinzōyaburi no oka (1954)
Actor
男の哀愁 (1951)
Actor
小父さんありがとう (1961)
Actor
The Final Winner? (1968)
Actor
Umarekawatta Tamegorō (1972)
as Uma Ōnuma
Blood and Sea (1965)
Actor
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion (1971)
Actor
A Windmill, Tulips and Love (1966)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Actor
Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
as Harumi
Price of Life (1971)
as Tome
Chance Meeting (1958)
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Paper Pigeon (1959)
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Children of Izu (1962)
Actor
Shokei zen'ya (1961)
Actor
Omoni to shounen (1958)
Actor
The Little Hero (1970)
Actor
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)
as Aunt Otora
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
as Goze / Narrator (voice)